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U.S. And.. Iceland Dominate Online FPS Stats

Posted by simoniker on from the too-cold-to-mouselook dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the CSports survey showing that, over the online gaming networks they monitor, the U.S. has the most online FPS gamers, but Iceland comes out on top in terms of minutes played per person, taking into consideration the entire population of the country. The article elaborates: "Our analysis.. shows that the Nordic countries are generally the most online game crazy. Top of the charts by a country mile are the 280,000 or so Icelanders who clock in with over 7 hours of online fps game play per capita per year."

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  1. Finland, for pony trekking and tea by Jouni · · Score: 4, Informative
    It's not true that we'd get less sunlight here in Finland; our sunlight is simply unevenly distributed. Our winter nights are long and dark, our summer nights short and sweet. Up North, we get the midnight sun and literally no nights for months on end.

    However, our population is sparse and I believe distance plays heavily into this pattern. Finland has roughly equivalent land mass compared to England, and carries only a tenth of the population. That's a lot of forest.

    In a high-tech country, separated far from your friends, using a computer for company and communication becomes a lot more attractive. We are to blame for IRC, Linux and Nokia, how's that for a pattern?

    The links are all appropriately chat-related...

    Jouni

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    Jouni Mannonen | Game Designer, Consultant
  2. Re:Top Countries by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    The non-nordic sutibally large countries are Denmark, Net

    FOI: Denmark IS part of scandinavia, and have always (and always will i guss) been a part or the nordic contries. You should be modded "-1 bad geography skills"...